[jawsscripts] Re: SetSystemVolume
- From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:20:21 +1100
Ah. Thanks for that Jim. I knew someone would know.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Bauer" <holdsworthfan@xxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 2:41 AM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: SetSystemVolume
> There's a COM API that has been included for quite a few versions now.
> Methods/subs provided are:
> Enable, Disable, SayString, StopSpeech, RunScript, RunFunction
>
> It's limiting, though--no nested functions in calls to RunFunction(), no
> access
> to global variables or even constants unless you've somehow generated JAWS
> script functions to return their values.
>
> There's an old Windows DLL that can be used outside of COM applications,
> too;
> but I know nothing about it except that I've seen it at some point.
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 09:02:11, Geoff Chapman wrote:
>>
>> Ah. now that's a very good question John! I remember few years ago,
>> people
>> asking Eric Damary on this, and the memory I have of his response was,
>> that
>> this would not be something FS would be granting any time soon!
>>
>> But, I hope this has changed....
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Martyn" <johnrobertmartyn@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 8:03 PM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: SetSystemVolume
>>
>>
>> > This brings up another question. Does JAWS have an API we can access?
>> > John
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Marang
>> > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:08 PM
>> > To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: SetSystemVolume
>> >
>> > I have noticed that the JAWS functions for System and the JAWS voice
>> > volume
>> > on Windows 7 do not work independently as expected. Freedom Scientific
>> > has
>> > been aware of this since the Windows 7 bvta.
>> > In the past, I have attempted to call the nircmd commands from a JAWS
>> > Script
>> > to properly lower / raise the system volume and also scripts which
>> > create
>> > hotkeys to lower / raise the volume of the current application, such as
>> > Internet Explorer. While this should not be that hard, I had
>> > difficulty
>> > programmatically getting the text string for the application which is
>> > used
>> > in the Volume Mixer and used as an argument in the nircnd command.
>> >
>> >
>> > *Don Marang*
>> > Vinux Package Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org
>> > <http://www.vinuxproject.org/>
>> >
>> >
>> > On 2/22/2012 10:08 PM, Jim Snowbarger wrote:
>> >> Yes, I just looked at the list of examples. Pretty impressive.
>> >> Haven't looked at the help yet.
>> >> I now have a hot key established that will unmute the system volume,
>> >> and set the volume to max.
>> >> Made a .bat file with two NirCmd commands in it, made a short cut on
>> >> the desktop, pointed it at the .bat file, and connected a hot key.
>> >> Works
>> > good.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:42 PM
>> >> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: SetSystemVolume
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hay, Jim, he's got a whole list of stuff on his site that u can do
>> >> w/that, including putting a shortcut on the desktop to unmute the
>> >> volume, etc.
>> >>
>> >> Reid, in answer to your private contact, sounds like u might be
>> >> getting some blocking of .chm files from your computer.
>> >>
>> >> On 2/22/12, Jim Snowbarger <Snowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>> Absolutely,
>> >>> pretty cool little utility.
>> >>> one of the options in here is to set the system volume to the max. I
>> >>> bet you could put a simple .bat file on your desktop with nircmd.exe
>> >>> setsysvolume 65535 in there, and attach some unused hot key so that,
>> >>> if you ever get speech locked out due to system volume, you could
>> >>> just press the hotKey and get it back.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks for that one.
>> >>>
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:06 AM
>> >>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: SetSystemVolume
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Here's somethin useful yall might wanna check out if you're gonna
>> >>> experiment w/the system volume:
>> >>> http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html
>> >>> HTH.
>> >>>
>> >>> On 2/22/12, Bissett, Tom <tom.bissett@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>>> Thanks guys, I appreciate the info and I all ready killed my volume
>> >>>> and had to get help to bring it back. Thus the posting.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Regards
>> >>>> Tom Bisset
>> >>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim
>> >>>> Snowbarger
>> >>>> Sent: February 21, 2012 10:59 PM
>> >>>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: SetSystemVolume
>> >>>>
>> >>>> And, don't get this one wrong, or you will lose speech. So, beware.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>> From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 2:46 PM
>> >>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: SetSystemVolume
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Looks like the system volume ranges from 0 to 65536 on a 32-bit
>> >>>> machine.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On 2/21/12, mark <marktorgerson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>>>> Hi
>> >>>>> I have never tried this function but I am guessing it would be
>> >>>>> a percentage from 0 to 100.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> God bless,
>> >>>>> mark
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> God Loves you!
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>> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>>>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>>>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bissett, Tom
>> >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:27 AM
>> >>>>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] SetSystemVolume
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Hi, There is the JAWS function called SetSystemVolume(), it takes
>> >>>>> one
>> >>>>> parameter. Can anyone tell me what the parameter should be? I
>> >>>>> persume
>> >>>>> it is int but I don't know what numbers it is looking for.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Regards
>> >>>>> Tom Bisset
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